honoluluadvertiser.com

Sponsored by:

Comment, blog & share photos

Log in | Become a member
The Honolulu Advertiser
The history of today

AUGUST 5


An ad in the Aug. 5, 1882, Pacific Commercial Advertiser announced the opening of Saint Louis College, a boarding and day school for boys.

spacer spacer

1901: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser reports that Honolulu doctors agree that tuberculosis is increasing rapidly in Hawai'i, with Hawaiians being hit hardest.

1909: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser reports that the secretary of war has directed that the seacoast battery to be built on Ka'ahaukukui Reef be named Fort Armstrong to honor Gen. S.C. Armstrong of Civil War fame.

1923: Mayor John Wilson strikes Supervisor Ben Hollinger in the City Hall assembly room after Hollinger accuses Wilson of protecting city employees guilty of graft.

1925: The Board of Harbor Commissioners rules that beach property owners may have seawalls built on the beach if the walls are placed within the high-water mark. The board further rules that if the walls cause the beach to be partially or entirely washed away, the owners are not in violation of the law.

1953: The first three Hawai'i prisoners of war to be released by the Communists at Panmunjom arrive at the U.N. "Freedom Village." The three were reported to be in better physical condition than any of the previous groups of Korean War POWs.


Warning: include(/www/today/ln/150historycal.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /srv/users/thaarchives/apps/thaarchives/public/2006/Aug/05/ln/150history.html on line 49

Warning: include(): Failed opening '/www/today/ln/150historycal.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.:/opt/sp/php7.4/lib/php') in /srv/users/thaarchives/apps/thaarchives/public/2006/Aug/05/ln/150history.html on line 49